During his recent interview with Tobias, Francisco Olivera, President of Arevilo Capital Management discussed how Capital Structure Tells You A Lot About Good Management. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias: Let’s talk a little bit about the capital structure. That’s the third thing you– What are you looking for … Read More
Why Buffett Passed On $MSFT
During their recent episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle discussed Why Buffett Passed On $MSFT. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Bill: John Huber posted on December 19th of 2019. He recently tweeted about it, about Warren Buffett’s 1997 email exchange on Microsoft. Notice how I’m … Read More
One Stock Superinvestors Are Buying
As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in superinvestors who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13F’s. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth … Read More
Rob Arnott: How To Succeed As A Contrarian Value Investor
Here’s a great interview with Rob Arnott on The Long View Podcast with Jeff Ptak and Christine Benz. During the interview Arnott provides some great insights into the best way to succeed as a contrarian value investor. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Ptak: Widening out, let’s imagine I’m a novice … Read More
Buffett Buys $GOLD
During their recent episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle discussed Buffett Buys $GOLD. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Tobias: Yeah, let’s segue. I’m reading Chris Bloomstran’s because Chris follows Berkshire closer than anybody else. It’s interesting, Berkshire upped their buyback but sold a whole … Read More
Take A Concentrated Position That You Can Hold For 5+ Years
During his recent interview with Tobias, Francisco Olivera, President of Arevilo Capital Management discussed Taking A Concentrated Position That You Can Hold For 5+ Years. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias: Bill has this great line. He said, “Francisco is the pickiest investor I know,” in a good way. … Read More
One Stock Superinvestors Are Selling
As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in superinvestors who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13F’s. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth … Read More
Bruce Greenwald: Investors Should Focus On ‘Return Trajectory’ When Valuing Businesses
Here’s a great presentation with Bruce Greenwald on the 1st Annual Roger Murray Lecture Series, with Tano Santos. During the presentation Greenwald discusses why investors should focus on the return trajectory when valuing a business. Here’s an excerpt from the presentation: Greenwald: But much more importantly if you think about … Read More
Terry Smith: If You Do Extensive Analysis Good Stocks Will ‘Talk’ To You
Here’s a great interview with Fundsmith’s Terry Smith at Money Matters in which he discusses how good stocks will ‘talk’ to you if you do extensive analysis. Here’s an excerpt from that interview: Question: In a broadly efficient market how can these anomalies arise, I ask? Or, to put it another … Read More
Seth Klarman’s Top 10 Holdings (Q2 2020) – Plus Top Buys & Sells
One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More
(Ep.81) The Acquirers Podcast: Francisco Olivera – Franco’s Filter: Highly Concentrated, High Quality Companies, Liberty And Malone
In this episode of The Acquirers Podcast Tobias chats with Francisco Olivera. He’s the President of Arevilo Capital Management. During the interview Francisco provided some great insights into: Take A Concentrated Position That You Can Hold For 5+ Years Capital Structure Tells You A Lot About A Business John Malone And … Read More
Tiger-Cub Steven Romick: Value Investors Can Buy Growth Stocks That Offer A Margin Of Safety
Here’s a great interview with Tiger-Cub Steven Romick on The Long View Podcast with Jeff Ptak and Christine Benz. During the interview Romick discusses why value investors can buy growth stocks that offer a margin of safety and why a lot of businesses just won’t be the same in the future … Read More
Investing With Buffett Before He Became The ‘Oracle’
Here’s a great interview with Ryan O’Connor, Founder of Crossroads Capital, on the Planet Microcap Podcast. Ryan’s family had a long history with Warren Buffett before he became famous. During the interview he shares a funny story about his grandmother meeting with a much younger and unsophisticated Warren Buffett, after … Read More
Stock In Focus – TAM Stock Screener – Emcor Group Inc (NYSE: EME)
As part of our ongoing series here at The Acquirer’s Multiple, we provide this feature article titled ‘Stock in Focus‘ where we focus on one of the stocks from our Stock Screeners. One of the cheapest stocks in our Stock Screeners is Emcor Group Inc (NYSE: EME). Emcor Group is one of … Read More
Montier’s Reasons (NOT) To Be Cheerful
During their recent episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle discussed Montier’s Reasons (NOT) To Be Cheerful. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Jake: So, one of the things that I really like about James Montier is that all of his work is based on the … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Articles, Research, Podcasts 8/28/2020
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: The Public and Private Markets (Jamie Catherwood) Sacrifice for Thee, Vast Wealth for Me (Epsilon Theory) The VIX Is Raising A Red Flag For The Rally (Felder Report) Are passive ETFs distorting prices in small-cap stocks? (Verdad) Modern Market Cap Theory (The Irrelevant Investor) Dot-Com … Read More
VALUE: After Hours (S02 E33): Montier On Valuations And Carry, Buffett Buys GOLD, OPM
In this episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle chat about: James Montier’s Reasons (NOT) To Be Cheerful Buffett Buys GOLD Buffett’s Pass On Microsoft In 1997 Investing With OPM Is So Hard! Low-Key Superinvestor – Sardar Biglari Investors Should Be Studying Dan Loeb Tesla’s Universal … Read More
Wide Moat Companies And How To Find Them
During his recent interview with Tobias, Brian Bares, Founder of Bares Capital Management discussed Wide Moat Companies And How To Find Them. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias: Yeah, you slightly foreshadowed where I was going to go next. That was what I wanted to dive into. Let’s talk about … Read More
Morgan Housel: The Only Thing That You Can Control In Investing Is Your Own Behavior
A couple of years ago Morgan Housel did one of the best presentations on investing titled – What Other Industries Teach Us. The presentation features a number of stories that teach us about human nature and why so many investors are their own worst enemies. It’s a must watch for … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stock $ALSN Appearing In Dalio, Greenblatt, Price Portfolios
Part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our Stock Screeners and some top investors who are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, … Read More